Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I'm cross posting from the CrisisMappers list. The annual conference is in Washington D.C. this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see some of you there!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Kate</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Patrick Meier (CrisisMappers)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@crisismappers.net">patrick@crisismappers.net</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM<br>Subject: [CrisisMappers] Registration for CrisisMappers 2012 now Open!<br>To: CrisisMappers <<a href="mailto:crisismappers@googlegroups.com">crisismappers@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
Cc: Jen Ziemke <<a href="mailto:jen@crisismappers.net">jen@crisismappers.net</a>>, Melissa Elliott <<a href="mailto:Melissa@crisismappers.net">Melissa@crisismappers.net</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleague,</span><br>
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<span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration for this year’s</span><a href="http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-washington-2012" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">International Crisis Mappers Conference</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | ICCM 2012 October 12 | in Washington DC is now open thanks to our Key Sponsors: The World Bank, ESRI, George Washington University, GeoEye and Ushahidi. </span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As many of you already know, the CrisisMappers Conference is the leading humanitarian technology event of the year, bringing together the most important humanitarian, human rights, development and media organizations with world's best technology companies, academics, journalists and hackers. Last year's conference in Geneva, Switzerland drew well over 400 active participants to define the cutting edge of humanitarian technology. Major topics in this year's conference will include: Big Data, Social Computing, Crowdsourcing, Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities, Quantifying Veracity, Digital Volunteers, Security and Liabilities, Open Data and Open Source Software.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please </span><a href="https://iccmwashington.eventbrite.com/" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">use this link</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to register for ICCM 2012 by </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 1, 2012</span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Your registration will grant you access to all events on <u>October 12</u>: the Keynotes, Ignite Talks, Reception and Tech Fair. The ICCM 2012 Agenda is</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14UjRz1w3UiX73cMHDs2qZX97ryiWPQCEVV3ufqZvsfY/edit" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">available here</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> should you require more information. (<u>Important</u>: If you have already received an email invite to register, please do not use the registration link above, thank you).</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some important links after you register:</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To submit an Ignite Talk:</span><br>
<a href="http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-apply-to-give-an-ignite-talk" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-apply-to-give-an-ignite-talk</span></a><br>
<a href="http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-suggest-self-organized-sessions" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a><br>
<span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To apply for a space in the Tech & Analysis Fair:</span><br><a href="http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-tech-analysis-fair-demo-poster" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-tech-analysis-fair-demo-poster</span></a><br>
<a href="http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-tech-analysis-fair-demo-poster" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a><br>
<span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To participate in the pre-conference training (October 11):</span><br><a href="http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-sign-up-for-pre-conference-training" style="font-family:Times;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2012-sign-up-for-pre-conference-training</span></a><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions on the registration process, payment, application procedure, etc, please contact: </span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melissa@CrisisMappers.net</span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the meantime, a big thanks to our Key Sponsors: The World Bank, ESRI, George Washington University, GeoEye and Ushahidi. </span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to a very productive and fruitful CrisisMappers conference and do hope you’ll be able to join us!</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you very much.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Patrick and Jen</span><br>
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